Blog Entries, Wilderness Hikes

Only Eight?!

Let’s just say my New Years Resolution in 2019 was overly ambitious.I only made it to 8 of 41 Wilderness Areas, but expanded my horizons as an outdoorsman.

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Turn Signal

Coming Home I recently wrapped up my month off hunting in Pennsylvania and did rather well considering the weather and some other factors....

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Blog Entries, Gear Reviews, Reviews

Review: Mud River Feed & Retrieve Collapsible Food Bucket

For too long I’ve taken a plastic Sterlite container of random dimensions and filled it with Purina for my two dogs during road trips...

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Blog Entries, Gear Reviews, Reviews

Review: GoalZero Flip 30 USB Charger

The GoalZero Flip 30 is a battery pack about the size of a deck of cards that will charge your electronics when there’s no other...

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Blog Entries, Hunting Stories

2019 Colorado Backcountry Big Game: Snowed Out

My first big game hunt in the Colorado backcountry. Sometimes the mountain just doesn’t want you there. While we were prepared the weather pushed us out, a short and bittersweet season indeed.

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Blog Entries, Gear Reviews, Reviews

Review: Garmin InReach Mini

The Garmin inReach Mini is a small but mighty unit for the backcountry. APT Outdoors reviews it and puts it through its paces.

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Blog Entries, Wilderness Hikes

Hike 8/41: Byers Peak Wilderness Bird Hunting

Last Chance I’ve had Byers Peak Wilderness on my list for some time now. I’d heard through the grapevine and through some of my...

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Blog Entries, Wilderness Hikes

Hike 7/41: Fishing in the Mount Massive Wilderness

Needing an aggro-rest day from ptarmigan and blue grouse hunting I took to the mountains. The base of Mount Massive has a few lakes with even fewer visitors. Perhaps the weather would hold for some trout on the fly?

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Hike 6/41: Upland Hunting & Getting Schooled in the Collegiates

It’s in the Journey, Man Compelled to get to camp early I decided to see if I could shave some time off my route to Buena Vista from...

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Blog Entries, Hunting Stories, Wilderness Hikes

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I Could Have Killed my First Ptarmigan With a Rock

Ptarmigan hunting and multiple use ethics collide in this hunting story. Often you don’t know it but you’re an ambassador to the sport wherever you go.

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